Berkeley Democrat Nancy Skinner is once again trying to add to the California Labor Code a rebuttable presumption that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is an occupational injury for hospital workers who provide direct patient care.Skinner on April 3 amended Assembly Bill 2616 to propose presumption language that is identical to a measure she introduced in 2012 and also similar to what she proposed in 2011.An MRSA infection that develops while a person is working at an acute care hospital or that develops within 60 days following termination would be presumed to arise out of and in t...
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